Posts Tagged ‘BBC’
BBC Proms in the Park come to our TVs and radios
Live coverage of this year’s BBC Proms in the Park at Glasgow Green comes to our screens this weekend. Multi-million selling recording artist and Scottish music legend Barbara Dickson, OBE, will headline the event. Presented by Jamie MacDougall, the event will feature Barbara Dickson and other artists and guests who will join BBC Scottish Symphony…
Read MoreTrue North Festival set to cause a storm next weekend
Aberdeen’s True North Festival is set to take place next weekend, with artists and musicians descending on the city for four days of music across five different venues in the heart of the city. Taking place from Thursday, September 19 to Sunday, September 22, the popular festival attracted thousands of fans over the course of…
Read MoreWildlife art exhibition will be picture perfect
A series of paintings by wildlife artist Annabel Pope will be exhibited in the elegant surroundings of Thirlestane Castle. Annabel’s extensive travels throughout Africa provide the inspiration for her latest body of work and she will be exhibiting original wildlife paintings and limited edition prints. With a unique style, and using a variety of mediums,…
Read MoreBlacksmith plants psychedelic weeds on BLiSS trail
A 12ft bunch of colourful metal flowers have sprouted beside the A84 in Stirlingshire. They have been crafted by Kev Paxton of ArtFe Blacksmiths – created in collaboration with Glasgow graffiti artist EJEK, for Loch Earn Tourism Information’s (LETi) award winning BLiSS art trail, linking Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Strathyre and St Fillans in central Scotland. The…
Read MoreScots author has the Devil investigate crimes
A Scots writer’s new book has a devilish slant to it. Jonathan Whitelaw, from Glasgow, is delighted to launched The Man in the Dark, a sequel to the bestselling HellCorp. His debut novel was the critically acclaimed Morbid Relations. There’s another mystery to solve – a woman kidnapped by terrorists and the world trying to…
Read MoreDiscover the secrets of Scotland’s lochs
Armchair tours of Scotland’s lochs are coming to our TV screens. Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs is setting sail with presenter Paul Murton for a new six-part series, starting on Monday, 2 September. Over the course of the series, he will be taking a mystical tour around the Firths of Easter Ross and Sutherland, following…
Read MoreHaddo Arts Festival 2019 all set to be revealed
The curtain will rise on the 2019 Haddo Arts Festival next week. Beginning on Tuesday, August 27, it will be marked with a performance of The Merry Widow, a lively comic operetta composed by Hungarian composer, Franz Lehar and presented by Opera Bohemia at Haddo House. Set in the romantic city of Paris, the plot…
Read MoreAnother look at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
The next episode of a look behind the scenes at a Scottish children’s hospital features more real-life stories. Narrated by David Tennant, The Children’s Hospital goes behind-the-scenes at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital which, each year, gives life-changing treatments to thousands of boys and girls across the North of Scotland. In the third episode of…
Read MoreEnjoy the military tattoo – from the comfort of home
Those who can’t attend the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo can enjoy this year’s show from the comfort of home. The theme for this year’s Tattoo has been Kaleidoscope, reflecting the optical invention which was created by Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster in 1816, with the emphasis on performances bold with colour and light. This…
Read MoreAberfeldy to host its first weekend of Gaelic music
Aberfeldy is getting ready to host its very first Fèis Thatha for a weekend of Gaelic music tuition. It will feature an impressive line-up of tutors including singer-songwriter Findlay Napier and Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon. Fèis Thatha (Tay Festival) will hold a music weekend for all the family on Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 September…
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